Governor Letcher of Virginia had three days before requested the extradition of Owen Brown and Francis Merriam who had been indicted for their role in the Harpers Ferry Raid the previous October. Governor William Dennison refused the request, much to the consternation of politicians and newspaper editors all over the South. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1861 (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, Lee and Company, 1860), 408.
"The Harper's Ferry Insurgents," New York Times, March 10, 1860, p. 1.
"The Harper's Ferry Insurgents," New York Times, March 10, 1860, p. 1.
Record Data
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Lawmaking/Litigating
